However, competition between the rivals was confined to verbal arguments.

In 2008 the confrontation was limited to verbal arguments and insults.

The following examples show the possibilities of leaving out these verbal arguments:

It is a day of verbal arguments, and a good day to confess sins.

She got into a verbal argument with the mother of Josh's child.

I've been saying from day one that this report is notheing but a verbal argument.

Otherwise (the point is surely an obvious one) he would have limited himself to verbal argument.

For the following few days, Marvin's parents had verbal arguments mainly over a misplaced insurance policy document.

Police did not release further details on the ongoing investigation of what they called a "verbal argument."

As of August 19, 2011, no further details had been released regarding the verbal argument.